Here I will place all freewrites and reflections on class material

Readings

From the Moodle:

• Getting Started- What happens in the first forty-five minutes of my first class?
  • In the first forty-five minutes with my students I want to get to know them and introduce myself, but just as importantly I would like to exchange expectations with them about the class we are about to experience together, either Language Arts or Social Studies. I want to set the atmosphere for my classroom in these forty-five minutes. I will ask my students to tell me how they feel about either subject and why they feel that way. I would like to know this especially about reading and writing. I want to ask them why they feel that way so that I can plan ways to help them overcome their fears and shortcomings with LA or SS. Next I will lay down expectations; I want to know what they expect or are looking forward to learning about. I want to ask them, "Is there a specific piece of literature, language or social studies you want to learn about in my class?" As they tell me all their wishes I will write them down and I will throughout the class make sure that there is time to cover all (at least most) of the topics mentions either in my lessons or perhaps a short side lesson somewhere that it may be appropriate. I hope to incorporate every students wish in some way into my class. Last, I will lay down my expectations for what will happen in my class and I will as what they expect from me. I hope to formulate some sort of contract between me and my students, so from right out of the gate we all understand what it means to be in class and ready to learn.
• What is TPACK and how do you see it playing out in your planning and instruction as a ELA/SS teacher?
  • TPACK stands for technological pedagogical and content knowledge. It talks about how we can use all technology in our classroom. It's about finding ways to use current tech to enhance our classroom experience. We already know what we have to teach, we also know that our students will be using all these technologies in our classrooms, so what we need to work in is a way to make a bridge between the social use to the education use! I would love to make my classroom a largely digital classroom. I love a lot of the tools that we are learning about in class and the tools that I use outside of class and I can see the value of using some of those tools in my class.
• Teaching writing and grammar in context and Teaching grammar in the context of writing:
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Bridging English:

• Invitation to Reflection:
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• Traditional Practices vs. Alternative Practices
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• Take away from Envisioning English

Andrews Text:

• Notes On What Andrews offers us as teachers:
  • Chapter 1
  • Chapter 2 and 6

Inquiry Project:

• Topic of interest for Inquiry Project:
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• Some Good questions to get me started on my Inquiry Project:
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